Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett has had his conviction for mendacity a few faux racist and homophobic assault in downtown Chicago thrown out by the Illinois Supreme Court docket on a technicality.
The court docket discovered that the previous “Empire” actor had his rights violated by a particular prosecutor’s determination to strive him after preliminary fees in opposition to him had been beforehand dropped.
Smollett, who’s black and homosexual, claimed two males in MAGA hats assaulted him, yelling homophobic and racial slurs and put a noose round his neck, main to an enormous seek for suspects by Chicago police.
The assault was the topic of breathless nationwide protection earlier than a Chicago police investigation revealed that it was a hoax.
With Submit wires.
